TP600E: Sound config won't stick w/openSUSE 11.0

[rahyman]

The Thinkpad 600E's sound system is notoriously stupid, but others have made it work.

This is a fresh install of openSUSE 11.0.

Using either Yast or alsaconf, choosing the CS4236 chipset, I can configure the sound card, and it will play the little test tune, but as soon as I reboot, the audio interface disappears.

What am I missing?

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by rahyman

as soon as I reboot, the audio interface disappears.

I do not know what this means "the audio interface disappears". Does that mean the following test sound no longer works? Try this speaker test (copy and paste it) into a Gnome-terminal / konsole

speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav

you should hear a lady's voice saying "left front" , "right front" 5 times.

When you state "the audio interface disappears" does that mean the test sound does work, but you have no mixer?

If sound no longer works (after a reboot), what happens if you open a gnome-terminal/konsole and type:

su -c 'rcalsasound restart'

and then test your sound. Does that work?

[rahyman]

Originally Posted by oldcpu

I do not know what this means "the audio interface disappears"....
When you state "the audio interface disappears" does that mean the test sound does work

On reboot, there's no sound from any application and the KMix speaker icon in the tray is red with an X through it.

In the Yast sound config, the just-added soundcard is no longer there.

But, I just went through the process of uninstalling the pulse-audio stuff, which demanded that I uninstall VLC, which I did. I then re-installed VLC, which dragged along the pulse-audio library.

After doing this, the audio appears to be working correctly and persists through reboots.

I wouldn't have expected this to depend on the order of installation of components.

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by rahyman

But, I just went through the process of uninstalling the pulse-audio stuff, which demanded that I uninstall VLC, which I did. I then re-installed VLC, which dragged along the pulse-audio library.

After doing this, the audio appears to be working correctly and persists through reboots.

I wouldn't have expected this to depend on the order of installation of components.

While there can be dependencies, I think there is more to this. Likely there is one or more pulse applications that are different, or perhaps have different versions after the re-install.

Glad to read sound is working now!!